Ridesharing amendments passed on to full City Council without recommendation

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Ridesharing amendments passed on to full City Council without recommendation

this is a discussion within the NOLA Community Forum; Following presentations from Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, Uber , the ridesharing platform Lyft and dozens of public comments, the New Orleans City Council Transportation and Airport Committee voted today to pass amendments to a ridesharing ordinance on to the full ...

Ridesharing amendments passed on to full City Council without recommendation

Following presentations from Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, Uber, the ridesharing platform Lyft and dozens of public comments, the New Orleans City Council Transportation and Airport Committee voted today to pass amendments to a ridesharing ordinance on to the full council without recommendation.*

The ordinance, to be decided by the full City Council on April 9, would create a special class of vehicles-for-hire for newly named Transportation Network Companies (TNCs). These would include app-based transportation companies like*Uber and Lyft, both of which had representatives and Uber T-shirt-clad supporters at the meeting.? [ Read more ]